
Shahid Sheharyar
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Toptal member since September 24, 2021
Shahid turns ambitious ideas into production-ready platforms. As a systems architect and full-stack engineer with experience, he has built a live-streaming eCommerce marketplace, a telecom app powering eSIM service for major U.S. carriers, and a real-time video mental-health platform, engineering scalable AWS infrastructure and leading teams behind every one. Now he is building AI into the products he ships, so what you launch today is ready for tomorrow.
Portfolio
Experience
- React Native - 6 years
- TypeScript - 6 years
- PostgreSQL - 5 years
- React - 5 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 4 years
- Node.js - 4 years
- AI Automation - 1 year
- AI Model Integration - 1 year
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), React Native, React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Cursor AI, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Git, Jira
The most amazing...
...part of my career: leading 6–10 engineers to launch a live-streaming eCommerce platform from scratch in just 3 months.
Work Experience
PHP Consultant and Platform Auditor
Portola Holdings Pty Ltd
- Transformed an undocumented 15-year legacy system into a structured, maintainable codebase.
- Created comprehensive feature specifications with effort estimates, reducing onboarding friction by 60%.
- Delivered validated documentation through AI-assisted note-taking and cross-verification.
Full-stack Developer
Fleet AI INC
- Rapidly cloned commercial applications for AI agent training with pixel-perfect accuracy.
- Reverse-engineered complex seat-map functionality for a Ticketmaster-like application.
- Built full-stack solutions single-handedly, including back-end architecture, database design, and front-end UI.
- Integrated Google Maps APIs with advanced JavaScript logic for a property listing platform.
- Designed a scalable prompt-driven data generation pipeline for authentic US property data.
Tech Lead
Afrocart
- Laid out the entire architecture with my team based on PostgreSQL, Tosa, Swagger, TypeScript-based React, React Native, and Express over only three months.
- Managed a team of 6-10 people using Jira for sprint, scrum, and daily stand-up meetings.
- Made architecture scalable so that it was economical and fast at the same time.
Chief Technology Officer
Sortup
- Coordinated several projects successfully, sometimes multiple projects at the same time, to establish my company's reputation.
- Used advanced features of Git, Jira, and shell scripts to make deployments and processes smooth, fast, and reliable.
- Worked closely with the CEO of Sortup to directly communicate with clients to help scale businesses.
Senior React Native Engineer
BFF
- Integrated Amdocs for multi-network operator support, enabling consumers to purchase a single eSIM covering all providers and switch between Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile.
- Established the base framework and generator pattern for a BFF app supporting multiple interlinked user roles (parent, child, friend), using React Native, Redux, and Firebase.
- Built the architecture using MapBox, Axios, and React Navigation.
- Drove integration delivery through active participation in sprint planning, daily standups, presentations, and integration meetings with Amdocs.
Full-stack Developer
Game On! App LLC
- Worked as a lead software developer, supervising, researching, and developing intricate application features, including video calls, in-app chats, and payment integration.
- Developed a detailed portal for the staff in React consisting of a dashboard, settings, chat, and video interfaces.
- Built a fully cross-platform product that can operate over the web, iOS, and Android.
- Developed a free video calling system instead of the conventional calling one. The new system costs $2 per month for each user.
- Created an end-to-end system for the mobile, web, and back end using advanced TypeScript skills, including Generics.
- Deployed a back-end code on a serverless platform and managed code versioning using Git.
- Deployed a complete background architecture on Firebase services; it includes the Firebase Realtime database, Cloud storage, Cloud Functions for Firebase, and Firebase Authentication.
- Converted detailed Figma designs into pixel-perfect screens. This was done by creating reusable components and functions. The designs were responsive to support all screen sizes, web or mobile.
- Helped the client provide realistic timelines and worked on the calculation to give the cost of running the server and applications.
- Implemented Google Analytics to get insights into user interactions.
Mobile Developer
Gather Endeavors LLC
- Worked on the core pieces of the mobile application that were written and fixed using JavaScript as the programming language.
- Provided fixes to location-based features that were reported on newer versions of iOS.
- Delivered the application smoothly to the App Store, which often requires vigilant screening from Apple.
- Worked primarily on the website's back end using PHP.
- Supervised the process of development and reduced clients' costs by about 30%.
Mobile Developer
Gather Endeavors LLC
- Developed the application that notifies volunteers of new volunteer activities using push notifications.
- Worked on several aspects of the product, including website design using HTML and CSS, deployment of latest code on AWS EC2 Linux instance, and Apple remote notification service integration with PHP.
- Wrote the mobile application to include amazing features like goal tracking, campaigns, push notifications, and scheduled notifications in JavaScript and jQuery.
- Developed campaign pop-ups and a mechanism allowing the client to manage campaigns dynamically.
- Deployed their mobile application in accordance with Apple developers' guidelines.
Senior Software Engineer
BILDIT
- Developed a full-fledged website in React to showcase product documentation for developers to use and benefit from.
- Worked on migrating the React Native application to Hermes on iOS. It involved tasks like source control, ES linting, and Husky git hooks to test the code from different collaborators.
- Worked with custom React hooks to make web pages responsive to dynamic screen size changes.
- Handled a client SDK that supports CJS or common JavaScript runtime that can be used on React and React Native.
- Wrote my own Swagger implementation for the Firebase Cloud Functions, which is essentially Node.js running on Google servers.
- Provided valuable insights to the team to improve code quality and the core architecture of the product.
- Utilized TypeScript to build a React website. I also used TypeScript prediction and tooltips.
Senior Software Developer
Strategic Systems International
- Developed a mobile application framework that layers GraphQL SDL to a TypeScript structure. This improved code readability, robustness, and development efforts for all the mobile developers were reduced to half.
- Built React Native components from scratch using TypeScript when the components were not readily available. This included sliders, calendars, and animatable, swipeable, and collapsable UI components.
- Led a team of developers to migrate the ASP.NET/SQL application with 20,000+ users and over a million jobs to the .NET Core/PostgreSQL application.
- Developed a map marker cluster algorithm. This involved SQL, Microsoft C#, ASP.NET, RESTful APIs, and Angular for the web end and React Native for the mobile front end.
- Led a team of eight individuals, three from India, to develop a 2nd version of the application. This included task division, Git source control, deadline management, and communication with the client.
- Worked with AWS services such as Elasticsearch, AWS Lambda/Amazon EC2 containers, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), and Docker.
- Worked on large-scale analytics module, which consisted of segments in conjunction with Google Analytics and Mix panel.
- Implemented user profile tracking, event personalization, and advanced engagement tracking techniques, allowing in-depth insight into user interactions.
Full-stack Mobile Developer
Freelance
- Developed a tuning appointment application that can be used with admins, staff members, and users.
- Involved React Native, Google Services, including realtime-database, FCM, and Google Functions to send real-time notifications.
- Integrated QR codes so that people could scan each other's mobiles and exchange their contacts.
- Maintained bug fixes on Jira and delivered priority fixes.
- Led a team and instilled interest among members, and tackled some of the most challenging problems.
Software Developer
Freelance
- Developed an exquisite front-end design, which includes charts, graphs, and dynamic maps.
- Included extensive JavaScript skills, RESTful APIs integration, and the use of Google's Geo Charts library.
- Maintained communication with the client, showed them incremental changes, and swiftly made changes to the code based on feedback.
- Achieved a five-star rating due to the client's satisfaction with the quality of my work delivered within the deadline and saving them from hosting services.
Desktop Application Developer
Self-employed
- Developed an entire clock's application for Windows, including the clock's design.
- Completed the project in a short amount of time while continuing with my graduation.
- Successfully deployed my installer for public downloads.
Experience
Game On!
Marketplace
My work included integrating Google Maps services, query optimization with AWS Elasticsearch, and fast scrolling infinite calendars.
The project was a great success, as the client signed up for another long-term project.
Docusaurus Documentation
https://docs.bildit.co/It significantly improved the overall outlook of the company's product and helped developers understand their work more efficiently.
React Native: Swipe Tabs
Endless Memories
https://github.com/Sheharyar-Shahid/3D-MaxWhile most people use gaming engines like Unity to make games, I approached it as an opportunity to understand the fundamental principles of game development. For this project, I used an OpenGL extension called SFML to render 3D graphics in isometric mode.
DeepApply — AI-driven Job Application Automation Using LLM Agents
Under the hood, it runs on a multi-model setup: Gemini and Claude (via paid API) for reasoning and evaluation, alongside self-hosted models through Ollama — Qwen 7B and Cogito 7B — for lighter, faster local inference. After each application, the agent sends me a message summarizing what it did and why, and I can approve, reject, or ask it to explain its reasoning. Scheduling is LLM-driven too: the model outputs a structured JSON object that reconciles my availability with the client's, producing accurate interview timing without manual coordination.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (Cum Laude) - Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Certifications
Microsoft: Programming in C#
Microsoft
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, Stripe, React Redux, Web3.js, Claude API, OpenAI API, Stripe API, REST APIs, jQuery, Drizzle, Mapbox iOS SDK
Tools
Redux Toolkit, GitHub, Microsoft Excel, ChatGPT, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), MATLAB, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Git, Google Analytics, Expo, Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), Appcelerator, SendGrid, RabbitMQ, Claude, Jira
Languages
JavaScript, C#, Python, TypeScript, CSS, HTML5, HTML, Go, Shopify Liquid, ECMAScript (ES6), Java, Swift, SAML, C++, GraphQL, Sass, PHP, SQL
Frameworks
React Native, Redux, Jest, Next.js, Express.js, Flutter, NestJS, Shopify Hydrogen, OAuth 2, AngularJS, SwiftUI, Angular, ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, Tailwind CSS, Titanium, .NET, ASP.NET, Selenium, ORMLite, Svelte
Paradigms
UI Design, UX Design, Database Design, App Development, Responsive Development, REST, Model View ViewModel (MVVM)
Platforms
Android, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Firebase, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Vercel, Shopify, Contentful, WordPress, Mobile, Mixpanel, iOS, Docker, Amazon EC2, XAMPP, Salesforce, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Mapbox
Storage
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Data Pipelines, JSON, Relational Databases, Cloud Firestore, MongoDB, SQLite, Google Cloud, Elasticsearch, Redis, NoSQL
Industry Expertise
Marketing
Other
Mobile App Development, APIs, Full-stack, Component Libraries, UI Components, UI Libraries, Front-end, Chrome Extensions, Payment Gateways, Data Scraping, API Integration, Managed Services, PostgreSQL 9, Supabase, Web Scraping, Web Development, Health, CI/CD Pipelines, Dashboards, Data Privacy, Data Security, Full-stack Development, User Management, Barcode Scanners, eBay Store, SaaS, Large Language Models (LLMs), Streaming, Video Streaming, Authentication, Authorization, Okta, Single Sign-on (SSO), Compliance, Scroll Animations, AI Model Training, Multi-agent Systems, Pinecone, Prompt Engineering, Recommendation Systems, Non-relational Databases, RESTFul APIs, AI Tools, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Integration, Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS), CTO, Security, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Figma to React, Back-end, QR Codes, Segment, Analytics, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mobile Apps, RPC, Firecrawl, Proxies, Scraping, Website Data Scraping, Offline Data Synchronization, AI Integration, AI-generated Code, AI Model Integration, AI Automation, Google Cloud Functions, Headless Software, CAPTCHA, Data Extraction, Cursor AI
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